FreeBSD 6.2 And ASUS P5B Deluxe

[ALEXANDRE David (Ext)]

Hi,
Thank for your help.

It is possible to upgrade to version 7 without reinstalling?
If yes, how can I do this?

Best regards,
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David,

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De : Erik Trulsson [mailto:ertr1013 at student.uu.se] 
Envoyé : jeudi 3 mai 2007 15:09
À : ALEXANDRE David (Ext)
Cc : freebsd-questions at FreeBSD.org
Objet : Re: FreeBSD 6.2 And ASUS P5B Deluxe

On Thu, May 03, 2007 at 02:44:51PM +0200, ALEXANDRE David (Ext) wrote:
> Hi,
>  
> I have a Motherboard ASUS P5B Deluxe With two Network LAN Marvell 
> Onboard.
> My problem is: Only one appear on FreeBSD 6.2 ifconfig.
>  
> I check the bios and it enable.
>  
> Someone can help me to fix this problem or tell me what can i do ?

My first guess would be that there are two *different* LAN controllers - one connected to the PCI bus and the other via PCI-E most likely.

The one that appears in ifconfig is probably the PCI one, while the PCI-E connected one is likely a newer chip which is not supported by 6.2.


Checking the documentation for the motherboard verifies this guess. Your MB has a Marvell 88E001 (connected via PCI) which is supported by FreeBSD 6.2 using the sk(4) driver.  It also has a Marvell 88E056 PCI-E chip which is not supported by 6.2.

The good news is that 7-CURRENT and 6-stable should both support the 88E056 NIC using the msk(4) driver.




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Erik Trulsson
ertr1013 at student.uu.se